Improvement in horseshoe attachments



P. H. fiN EILL.

Harseshoe Attachments.

No 137,794. PatentedApriH5,I873.

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PATRICK H. ONEILL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOE ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13?,794, dated April15, 1873; application filed December 19, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. ONEILL, of St. Louis, in the county ofSt. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain ImprovedHorseshoe Attachment, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to avoid the objectionable use of nails,screws, and the like fastening devices ordinarily used to shoe horses,&c. I am aware, to accomplish this, shoes have been provided withmetallic shields, front and rear, united by metallic bands. Myinvention, however, consists in providing buckles or rings to shoes andattaching same securely to the hoof of the animal by a combination ofleather straps and fastenin gs, consisting of toe and branch straps,ankle -'strap, and padded heel-strap, of the construction, formation,and arrangement to operate in manner now-to be more fully described.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said improvements, Iwill now more fully describe the same, referring to Fig. 1 as aperspective view, showing my improvements as applied in use; Fig. 2representing a perspective view of same disengaged.

A is an ordinary horseshoe. The shoe A I provide with buckles-or rings aa a at. These are placed in line with the usual side clips of the shoe.Thus said fastenings answer for the double purpose of side clips to keepthe shoe from moving as well as to hold the straps. B is a toe'strap,one end of which forms side branch straps b b, which are secured to theres ective rings a a The toestrap B is passed around the toe or front ofthe hoof, (see Fig. 1,) and is secured by a bucklebelon gin g toopposite branch straps b b which are attached to the rings a a (Seefigures.) The toe-strap B can be drawn as tightly as required, and, asthe branch straps b [2 12 b equally divide the pressure on the sides ofthe hoof therefore the sides and toe-part of shoe are supported andsecured by said toe-strap. The toe-strap is further provided with aloop, 12 through which passes the anklestrap (J. The ankle-strap 0passes around the ankle of the hoof, (see Fig. 1,) and has one endsecured to form part of the heel-strap D, the object one of its endsbeing attached to the side ring' to, its other end being formed into astrap, d, by which said heel-strap can be properly secured to theopposite ring a As shown in Fig. 2, the heel-strap is padded up andbelow, as at d d the full or upper padding ol being designed to fill thehollow of the heels under the pastern-joint. The padding 61 thus fillingthe vacuity of the heel, causes a neat fit, is comfortable and easy onthe hoof, and peculiarly adapted to the movements of the foot of theanimal. The lower padding d is to fill the small hollow formed by thejunction of the foot proper. Both paddings in tendency also exert anequalizing pressure upon the hoof. By the adaptation of the severalparts of the attachment here shown the hoof is preserved from injury anddisease also, as the shoe can be readily disengaged the comfort of theanimal is further promoted, besides the avoidance of the time, expense,and dangers incurred by the ordinary method of shoeing the animal.

Having thus fully described my said improvements, what I claim is-- 1. Aheel-strap with upper and lower padding, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The toe-strap formed with branch side straps, as and for the purposeset forth.

3. An improved horseshoe attachment, consisting of toe-strap B,branch-straps b b, ankle-strap 0, loop I), and double-padded heelstrapD, as herein shown and described, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

P. H. ONEILL.

Witnesses WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, OHAs. MnrsrER.

